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Thomas Newman – “Skyfall”

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Record Label: Sony
Genre: Film Score
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The latest James Bond is out now and it’s arguably one of the best Bond films to date. I’m not sure I like Skyfall better than Casino Royale, but those two are far better than Quantum of Solace. The composer of the last several James Bond films has been David Arnold, but now the film has a new composer, Thomas Newman.
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Danny Elfman – “Men in Black 3″

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Record Label: Sony Music
Genre: Film Score
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I like Men in Black, but didn’t care much for Men in Black 2. I have no desire to rush out to see Men in Black 3 anytime soon either. It just doesn’t look that special to me. Danny Elfman returns to score Men in Black again, but I haven’t really been a fan of his scores for this series.
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Tonight Alive – “What Are You So Scared Of?”

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Record Label: Sony/Fearless Records
Genre: Pop Punk
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Tonight Alive hail from the land down under and consider themselves a pop punk band. I’m probably a lot older than the usual crowd that would listen to Tonight Alive and I have a totally different definition of what pop punk sounds like. That just means I’m old…
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Various Artists – “The Inbetweeners Movie”

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Record Label: Sony Music
Genre: Soundtrack
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The Inbetweeners was a British comedy sitcom from 2008-2010 and now it’s a movie I guess? The movie is about a group of teenagers that go on a trip to the Greek Islands for holiday. Think American Pie, but only a bunch of Brits instead.
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Karnivool – “Sound Awake”

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Record Label: Sony Music
Genre: Hard Rock
Band Link: www.karnivool.com.au
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Hard rock and progressive rock can be 50/50 with me. Either it sounds good or it doesn’t. Australia’s Karnivool’s second album Sound Awake isn’t the best thing in the world but their fans should be happy with it.
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Krokus – “Hoodoo”

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Record Label: Sony Music
Genre: Hard Rock
Band Link: www.krokusonline.com
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Believe it or not, I never heard music from Switzerland’s Krokus. The name sounded familiar but that’s about it. Krokus has been around since the mid-70s as a prog rock band. Now they are some sort of AC/DC clone, playing hard rock music and have been doing so for over 20 years.
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Various Artists – “Saw 3D”

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Record Label: Sony Music
Genre: Soundtrack
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Talk about beating a dead horse to a pulp. How many of these stupid movies are they going to be made? Well I guess when the stupid public stops paying money to see the Saw movies every Halloween, then they will stop making them. Saw 3D is the 100th movie in the series, starring the great great great grandkids of the original actors. No I’m kidding but obviously it could get to that point if people stop seeing this shit.
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Pete Yorn opening for Coldplay

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Pete Yorn has been picked by Coldplay to open over a dozen tour dates this spring. Yorn will highlight songs from his expansive new album ‘Back and Fourth’ (June 23, Columbia).
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Wild Light opening for the Killers

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The Killers have tapped New Hampshire quartet Wild Light to be the main support on their upcoming North American tour, which kicks off April 17, 2009 at the highly anticipated re-opening of Las Vegas’ premier rock club, The Joint. During this 10 city trek Wild Light will play to packed crowds at arenas including the San Jose Events Center in San Jose and the WAMU Theater in Seattle, before closing the tour with a final show at the Capitol Federal Park in Bonner Springs, KS on May 2nd.
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